Railroad-tie.



M. F. JANNEY 811. B. HACKLEY.

RAILROAD TIE.

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MILLARD F. JANNEY AND JAMES B. HACKLEY, OF PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Application filed June 28, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MILLARD F. J ANNEY and JAMES B. HACKLEY, citizens of the United States, and residents of Purcellville, in the county of Loudoun and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic railroad ties, and particularly to the class of metallic ties in which a resilient fixture is provided, the function of which is to relieve the tie from excessive vibration due to the passage of trains over the rails secured thereto,

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive tie of the class above mentioned, possessing not only a means for relieving the tie from excessive vibration due to the passing of trains over the rails secured thereto, but also a means whereby the means for relieving such vibration may be readily removed from within the tie when it ceases to etliciently perform its function and a new means substituted therefor.

Another object of our invention is to provide a simple and effective means for retaining within a metal tie, a means, the function of which is to relieve the tie from excessive vibration due to the passage of trains over the rails secured thereto.

Other objects and advantages of our invention will be apparent in the course of the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and the particular features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings in which similar characters of reference denote similar parts in all the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail tie,

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of an end of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of an end of Fig. 2 in a vertical position, taken on the line Referring more particularly to the drawings. the numeral 1 indicates a side of a metallic tie having formed integral therewith ends 2, 2 provided with side members 3, 3, formed integral therewith and extending in a direction parallel to that of the side 1, but terminating at an appreciable dis- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Serial No. 177,574.

tance from the juncture of the end members 2 to the said side members 3, 3. A vertical wall 4;, 4 disposed between the side 1 and each of the side members 3, 3 serves to unite the ends of the members 3, 3 with the side 1. On the walls 4, 4 and the side 1 of the tie at its lower extremity there are formed integral therewith bed plates 5,5 which serve as supports for wooden blocks 6, 6, mounted thereon and held in position by means oflugs 7 carried on the inner face of the side 1 and the inner face of a face plate 8, the ends of which are adapted to extend upon the side members 3, 3 and to an appreciable distance of the ends 2-2. The side plate 8 is held in position by means of a plurality of bolts 9 passed through the side 1, the side members 3, 3, and the ends of the side plate 8. Bolts 10 are provided and are adapted to be passed through the side plate 8 and serve as an auxiliary means for holding the side plate 8 in contact with the side members 3. 3 and also as a means for preventing the side plate from springing outwardly at its middle when ballast is forced into the opening A formed between the side 1, the side plate 8, and the inner sides of the wooden blocks 6, 6.

After having constructed the several constituents of our tie, the blocks 6, 6 are placed upon the bed plates 5 before the side plate 8 is placed into position. Upon the placing of the side plate into position, the lugs 7, 7 provided thereon and on the inner side of the side 1 are embedded into the blocks 6, 6 as a result of the side plate having been clamped to the side members 3, 3. lVe might state here that in practice when the faces of the blocks 6, 6 have become worn and the blocks themselves cease to possess a resiliency, this may be remedied by removing the blocks 6, 6 upon removing the side plate 8 and either inverting the blocks 6, 6 or substituting new ones therefor. After having assembled our tie it is placed in the road bed and keyed thereto by means of ballast forced into the opening A formed between the side 1, the side plate 8, and the inner ends of the block 6, 6. The openings B, B formed between the side 1, the ends 2, 2 and the side members 3, 3 are also adapted to receive ballast which tends to further key the tie to the road bed. After having keyed the tie to the road bed in the manner described, rails 11 are fastened to the blocks 6, 6 by means of spikes 12 in the conventional manner, but in order to prevent the rails from spreading, due to constant use and heavy traffic, there are provided on the upper edge of the side 1 guards 12 against which the edge 13 of the lower flange 14 of the rail 11 is adapted to rest. A lip 15 of the guard 12 rests upon the upper face of the flange l4 and tends to relieve the upward strain upon the spikes 12 caused by tendency of the rail 11 to leave the block 6 upon the sudden relieving of the weight of train passing over the tie.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent .is: p

1. A metallic tie comprising a side, ends, side members, vertical walls disposed between the ends of the side members and the side, bed plates secured to the lower edge of the said side and vertical Walls, and a side plate adapted to detachably engage the said side members. 7

3. A metallic tie comprising a side, ends,

side members, vertical walls disposed between the ends of the side members and the said side, bed plates secured to the lower edges of the said side and vertical walls,

and a side plate adapted to detachably en-1 gage the said side members, in combination with blocks disposed between the said side and side plate upon the said bed plates to form resilient bearings for the rails.

M. F. JANNEY. JAMES B. HACKLEY.

Games of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D, G4 

